| 1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | The Forum Inglewood, CA |
| Champions | Utah State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rod Tueller (1st title) |
| MVP | Wayne Engelstad (UC Irvine) |
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 UNLV | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 PCAA tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–13 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. [1] This was the final tournament while the conference was still known as the PCAA; it would change to the Big West for the following season.
Utah State defeated UC Irvine in the final, 86–79, and captured their first PCAA/Big West championship. The fifth-seeded Anteaters upset three-time defending champions UNLV in the semifinal round.
The Aggies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. Fellow PCAA members UNLV and UC Santa Barbara (the Gauchos' first-ever tournament appearance) joined them in the field with at-large bids.
The tournament field expanded beyond eight teams for the first time, with all ten conference members in participation. The ten teams were seeded in the bracket based on regular season record.
The top six seeds were given a bye into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the first round.
| First round Thursday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 | Championship Sunday, March 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | No. 7 UNLV | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cal State Fullerton | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Fresno State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cal State Fullerton | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #7 UNLV | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UC Irvine | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UC Irvine | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Long Beach State | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UC Irvine | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UC Santa Barbara | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New Mexico State | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UC Santa Barbara | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | San José State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Pacific | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | San José State | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
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